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Interactive Brokers Margin

Kim

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I tried to to buy 1 Apr SPX 1300 put and getting an error message that I have insufficient margin. The message indicates that the margin will increase by 53,985 (see attached image).

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I opened a ticket with IB. Their response was:

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I couldn't believe this, but the fact remains.

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